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Hiram's GSAK headache of the week! (uhh day)

ok, i've got the new Delorme Street Atlas 2006 and i just got the updated GSAK..... i want to export my caches to SA, SA wants to import a file type *.saf but GSAK doesn't seem to have a way to generate *.saf.... it will only make a text file for Delorme.... is there another way to do this which is eluding my thought process??

ok, i figured it out... it wasn't that hard for a person with a mental caliber as magnifikant as mine.... but now........ i put the waypoint max character as 10... and i import the file... and the whole map is overcrowded with the full names of the caches!! whats up with that!?!?!?!

I haven't played around with Street Atlas 2006 but it sounds like the program is using GSAK's "Cache description format" as the cache name. You can probably shorten the name in the GSAK export by changing the codes it uses for export. More info on this is in the GSAK Help under "Special Tags". There may also be a setting in SA2006 but I can't help you there.

Just looked at it a bit closer and if you are using the Delorme Export function in GSAK there is a box in the export screen that says "You can build the waypoint name using tags (see help)" and you will notice a %name in the box. If you change that to %code it will use the GCxxxx code. You can also customize your own waypoint name by adding tags like %typ1 for cache type (T for traditional, M for multi...) or %dif1/%ter1 which will give you numeric codes like 1/1 to 5/5 for difficulty and terrain.

I've been playing with delorme 2006 and the earthmate gps it came with (package deal at staples $89) and i friggen love it!! its great, and it saves a lot of hassle that i had with hooking up my handheld gps with all the connectors and power cables and setting it up everytime i went to do a cache... with this it's one cord, one program, turn it on, and go!!

I've been playing with delorme 2006 and the earthmate gps it came with (package deal at staples $89) and i friggen love it!! its great, and it saves a lot of hassle that i had with hooking up my handheld gps with all the connectors and power cables and setting it up everytime i went to do a cache... with this it's one cord, one program, turn it on, and go!!